INTRODUCTION
Sigru is one of the drug of moringaceae family. Which is seen all over India. It is the drug which is enemy for many diseases and especially for eye diseases. Sigru having some variety but the actions and properties are almost the same.
VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit – shobhanjana, sigru, muringa.
English – Horse raddish tree or Drum stick tree.
Hindi – sahijana, sajna
Punjabi – sanjna, sohabhana
Bengali – sojna
Gujarati – surangavo
Marathi – Shegal, Murengamul
Urbja – munigha
Tamil – sahajna, muringai
Malayalam – muringa
Telugu – munage, mulge
Kannada – mugge
Latin- moringa oleifera
SYNONYMS
Synonym is different names of a drug in single language synonyms of a drug is very necessary because in ancient tent books the acharyas mentioned different names of a drug in different contents.
Soubhanjana : after eating it produces katu rasa and by which Mukha becomes vikrutha
Shobhanjana : it has sobha due to its vishasha guna’s
Sigru : it produces tiksnatha
Tiksna gandha : it is having tiksna gandha
Mochaka : which cures diseases
Madu sigru, sahijan, haritha saaka, deerghaka, laghu pathraka, desha, moolaka parni, ugra, krishna gandha, kaalabika, jala priya, mukha meeda, ganndhaka etc
CLASSIFICATION
Botanical name : Moringa oleifera
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Order : Brassicales
Family : Moringaceae
Genus : Moringa
Species : Moringa oleifera
According to Charaka – swedopaga, krimigna, siro virechanopaga.
According to Susrutha – varunadi, siro virechana.
Acc to Danwanthari nighandu – karaveeradi.
VARIETY
Scholars of ayurveda have an identical opinion regarding the varieties of sigru.
According to Bhavaprakasha nighandu
2types
swetha sigru
madhu sigru
According to Madanpal nighandu
2 types
madhu sigru
swtha sigru/harithachada
According to Dhanvantary nighandu
2 types
swetha sigru
raktha sigru
Swetha sigru is also known as swetha maricha. raktha sigru is also known as madhu sigru
According to Raja nighandu
3 varieties
Swetha sigru
raktha sigru
neela sigru
According to Kaiyya deva nighandu
2 types
raktha sigru
swetha sigru
According to modern
2 varieties
Moringa oloeifera
Moringa concenesis.
HABITAT
Sigru is found all over India especially in parts of Himalaya. It also found in Burma.
The plant sigru is cultivated all over India for the sake of its leaves, flowers and seed vessels which are used by the natives in their curries.
Moringa oleifera
Indigenous in the sub Himalayan tract from the Chenab to the Sirda also in the Oudh forests and cultivated through out India and Burma.
Moringa concenensis
It is seen in Baluchistan, Sind, Rajasthan, dry hills of Kenken, Besker, Circors and Decan, Vishakapatanam to Crubter, Kunool and Coimbatore.
MORPHOLOGY
Trees with soft wood, leaves alternate 2-3 pinnate. The pinnae and pinnates impairely pinnate opposite leaflets opposite quite obviate caduceus and as well as the pinnate and pinnates with glands at the base. No stipules flowers large white or white streeked with red besmaphrodite, irregular in axillary pannicles calyx up shaped s cleft segments unequal petaloid delicious from above the base imbricate petals 5, stamens inserted in the edge of the disk, desalinate 5 per feet opposite the petals. Alternating with 5(7) which are reduced to another less filaments. Ovules numerous in 2 series, on parietal placental style slender tubules stigma perforated, capsule elongated. Seeds many in pits of the valves, albumin embryo straight, cotyledons raided very short, superior plum ale many leaved, genus, species 3, medilerinias India.
Moringa oleifera
A small or medium sized tree bask is corky wood, soft. Leaves are usually 3 pinnate some times 45cm long shakers slender, thickened and articulate at the base pinnate and pinnates opposite deciduous their snatcher very slender articulate and with a gland at their articulation ultimate leaflets 12-20 by 6-10 mm. Nerves obscure petiolates of the lateral leaflets, 1.5-2.5 mm those of the terminal 3-6 mm long. Flowers are white in large puberculos outside petals spathulates, veined, stamens 5 fertile alternating with 5-7 anther less ones. Pyllaments villows at the base, ovary oblong, villous, style cylindrical pods reaching 45cm long ribbed seeds 3 angled the angles are winged.
USFUL PARTS
Useful part of a plant is that where the potency is more. Though the whole plant is having the medicinal property in the some parts it is having more medicinal property. It shows its effect quickly, when compare to other parts. In the some plants the different parts of the plant is having different actions. It may be due to variation in the panchabouthika sanghatana. So the part which is having more potency and good action is considered as the useful part of the plant.
Prayogya anga of sigru
Beeja
Pathra
Moola twak
Taila
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Root bark contain two crystalline alkaloid, moringine and moringinine and root spirochin alkaloid, stems contains 4- hydroxyl mullein, B-sit sterol, gum contains aldotriocronic acid from hydrolysis. Leaves contain as par tic and glutamine and glycine, theonine, alanine, valine, iso leucine, histidine, lysine, methiomine. Flowers contain traces of alkaloid also wax, querletin and kamesol, pods, contain polysachride, globuline and protamine seed contains glycoside, morygine, fatty oil. Oil contains fatty acids sterols.
GUNA AND KARMA
To know about the action and properties of a drug, one has to know the features, qualities and mode of working of a drug. These are the main informations which are ought to be known to use the drug successfully in treatment.
The action of a drug due to its properties and the qualities are due to pancha bouthika composition.
Guna – laghu, rooksha, tikshna
Rasa – katu, tikta
Veerya – ushna
Vipaka – katu
Dosha karma – kapha vata shaamaka
SAMSTHANIKA KARMA
Bahya : vidaahi, sothahara, vidradhi, pachana, veedana sthapana
Abhyanthara:
Naadi samsthana – naadi uthejana
Pachana samsthana – rochana, deepana, vidhahi, grahi, Shoola prasamana, krimighna.
Raktha vaha samsthana – hridayothejaka, sothaghna
Moothra vaha samsthana – uthejana of vrikka, moothrala and increases Kshara bhaga of moothra
Prajanana vaha samsthana – aarthava janana
Saathmeekarana – vishaghna
Thaapa krama – jwaraghna
MATRA
Posology means the study of doses. Determination of dose is very important for the drug is depends upon the dose of the drug given.
If it is given in excessive quantity then it may shows, other side effects. If it is a small quantity then the required quantity will not show effect on the disease. So proper quantity of the drug is very necessary.
Matra of Sigru
Moola twak swarsa – 10-20 ml
Beeja choorna – 2-3 gm
Moola twak kwatha – 30-50 ml
AMAYIKA PRAYOGA
Amayika prayoga is the method of use of plant or parts in the pathway of disease. By knowing the therapeutic use of this plant we can use this in different diseases.
Here in the case of prayogas of sigru it can be successfully given for different diseases with different admixtures.
In arsha soola
Patient is first done abhyanga then avagaahana is done with kwatha prepared from the leaves of sigru, moolaka, triphala, venu, varuna, agnimantha.
In hikka, swasa
Moosha is made by saindhava lavana, sigru beeja, yava kshara, maricha is taken
In ashmari and sarkara
Sigru moola twak is prepared and given for drink along with seethala jala.
In badiryatha, karna nadha, pooya srava for karna in karnagatha krimi, karna soola etc
kshara taila is used in which sigru is a main content.
In vataja netra roga
Kwatha of mahath pancha moola, eranda moola, tharkkari and madhu sigru.
In seetha jwara
Abhyanga with rasna, pura, pacha, ela, choraka, prithvika, sigru, surasa etc is beneficial
In vidradhi
paana, bhojana of sigru is done
VISHISHTA YOGAS
The term yoga has many traditional meanings. In ayurveda yoga refers to right usage and right combination of herbs.
A special combination of substances effect on the body or mind this called yoga.
Karabhyadi taila- For apasmara, abhyanga is done.
Sigru kwatha - Cures pleehodara by drinking